The residents of Russia’s Volgograd Friday buried 6 more victims of the twin blasts that killed 34 and injured over 100. Doctors are still fighting for the lives of others, including 3-month-old Vika, who was severely injured in one of the attacks

The infant Vika Tolkunova is in an induced coma in intensive
care, clinging to her life. Doctors say her condition is
critical, but stable.

“The baby girl remains in a coma. We’ve put her on a
ventilator in intensive care. She has also sustained light, but
serious brain damage. Her condition is very serious, but we’ve
got it under control,” head of Children’s Clinical Hospital
in Moscow Nikolay Vaganov told RT.

A Volgograd regional charity has organized a donation center
for the victims of the twin terrorist attacks. Click here for
details of how to make a donation in foreign
currency.

On Monday Vika caught a fever and was en route to the hospital
with her mother and grandmother, when a powerful explosion rocked
their trolleybus.

Vika’s mother and grandmother died, while the infant survived
thanks to the thick blanket that she was wrapped in. It saved her
from life-threatening burns. Her family and friends are torn
between hope for her miraculous recovery and grief for their
dead.

“I’m very grateful to everyone who took part in the rescue of
my girl, to Volgograd hospital doctors, they’ve performed a
miracle, returned my daughter from the dead. I’ll do anything for
her, she’s the meaning of my life,” Vika’s father Vasily
Ivanovich told RT.

The hospitals of Volgograd and Moscow are still treating 65
victims of the twin terror attacks, said deputy governor of the
city district Vasily Galushkin on Friday. The first blast rocked
the city’s railway station on December 29, killing 18 people,
while the second blast hit a trolleybus on December 30 killing
16.

Volgograd is still in mourning as residents bring candles and
flowers to the sites of the blasts. Many decorated their
Christmas trees only for the sake of their children.

"I’ve planned to go with my granddaughter to the puppet
theater on December 30, but the show was moved to January 4
because of the attacks and days of mourning," said Volgograd
resident Vladimir Buturlin as quoted by Itar-Tass. "We’ll go
tomorrow, my granddaughter is waiting, life goes on no matter
what. As they say, we must remember those who are gone, but live
for the ones who are with us."